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The History of the Congo

by Peter Teddington
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  • Season 3: Episode 4: The end of the First Republic

    June 17, 2023 · 45 min

    In this episode we see the final throes of the Independent Katanga and Kasai regions. But Katanga in particular does not go down without a very real fight. It holds the line against the United Nations no less, which increasingly adopts a…

  • Season 3: Episode 3: Lumumba's Final Campaign

    June 2, 2023 · 29 min

    In this episode we see the continuation of the independent Republic of the Congo. The UN, the USSR, the US, Belgium and other continue their operations to push the new country in the direction most aligned to their own ambitions. Amidst…

  • Season 3: Episode 2: Katangan Independence and the Cold War

    May 19, 2023 · 26 min

    In this episode we look at the new Republic of the Congo 10 days after independence. We see the Congolese reaction to the years of repression under colonial rule and Belgium's military response. Faced with these troubles President Kasavuba…

  • Season 3: Episode 1: Independence Day

    May 1, 2023 · 26 min

    Indpendence Day has arrived! WIth the Congolese now free from colonial rule there are celebrations everywhere. With KasaVubu as President and Lumumba as Prime Minister the new government gets to work and for the first time the peoples…

  • Season 2 Episode 8: Independence Immediate part 1

    April 11, 2022 · 36 min

    In this Episode we turn to The Congo in the late 1950s. The world is changing and on the African continent independence is coming to many countries as the age of colonialism comes to an end. In this context old identities are rediscovered…

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  • The Congo in the 1950s, urbanisation and the rise of political parties

    March 21, 2022 · 30 min

    The 1950s afforded the majority of the Congolese modest increases in living standards. Wealth and opportunities were increasing, and the colonial attitude was starting to shift. But social progress was slow. When news came from Belgium…

  • Season 2: Episode 6: World War II, Einstein and Spies

    February 28, 2022 · 27 min

    In this episode we how the rulers if the Belgian Congo adapted to the German conquest of Belgian in World War II. Set against conflicting loyalties of the Belgian King, Parliament and Industry the Belgian Congo emerged as powerful part of…

  • The Belgian Congo in the 1920s and 1930s.

    February 14, 2022 · 26 min

    After World War 1 the Belgian Congo's place in the world was settled internationally. The authorities, with private backers, invested in the wealth opportunities presented by copper, diamond and other minerals to increase revenues…

  • World War One comes to the Belgian Congo

    January 31, 2022 · 21 min

    In 1914 the Nations of Europe went to war. The African colonies of these powers had differing views on the conflict, but the Belgian Congo was drawn into war in the face of German colonial aggression. The peoples of the Congo were once…

  • The start of The Belgian Congo

    January 17, 2022 · 21 min

    International pressure forced the Belgian government to succeed King Leopold II, and The Belgian Congo was born. The Belgian people were not unanimously behind colonialism, although the colony was supported by the socialist government on…

  • Reaction to Leopolds Congo - The Congo Reform Association

    January 3, 2022 · 26 min

    In this episode we see how one individual, Edmund Morel, pieces together the true facts of Leopold's Congo State to determine it's true nature. Enraged by the injustice, and willing take on the King himself, we see the development of a…

  • King Leopold II and The Congo Free State

    January 1, 2022 · 25 min

    Here we find the people of the Congo living for the first time under one ruler in todays DRC borders. This man was King Leopold II of Belgium, and he called his territory The Congo Free State. The land people and people were ruthlessly…

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About the show

This podcast talks to the history of Central Africa and one of the most fascinating countries of the world - The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Join us as we travel from pre-history to modern times in a land whose impact on the world is often overlooked !